This term we are studying simple machines!!
Here are some cool websites for you to look at! General useful sites related to how things work http://www.neok12.com/Simple-Machines.htm Great videos about simple machines
We have completed our immersion into simple machines and the children have chosen four questions to investigate!!
1. How do you lift a person with a pulley?
2. How can we make Mrs C's bike wheels go faster?
3. How many turns does a screw go?
4. How do wheels know to go forwards and backwards on a car?
Here are some cool websites for you to look at!
General useful sites related to how things work
http://www.neok12.com/Simple-Machines.htm Great videos about simple machines
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Slightly more “kid friendly” online resources on simple machines
http://www.edheads.org/activities/lesson_plans/
http://www.fi.edu/pieces/knox/automaton/dailydoingsactsheet.htm
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/
Useful online activity on gears:
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ENG21506
Useful online activities on levers:
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ENG18104
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ENG18204
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ENG19004
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ENG20504
We have completed our immersion into simple machines and the children have chosen four questions to investigate!!
1. How do you lift a person with a pulley?
2. How can we make Mrs C's bike wheels go faster?
3. How many turns does a screw go?
4. How do wheels know to go forwards and backwards on a car?